As officials continue to assess the damage caused at Nashville John C. Tune Airport (JWN) by a tornado early Tuesday morning, initial estimates describe $93 million in infrastructure damage to the lone FBO terminal, 17 hangars, fencing, signage, lighting, navigational aids, and utilities. JWN has been notamed closed until March 10.
That total does not include the more than 90 aircraft that were destroyed or damaged, including several jets. As crews continue to clean up the wreckage, the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, which owns and operates the facility, issued a statement saying there were no injuries reported at the airport attributed to the storm and that the surrounding area has been secured, as communications with stakeholders and tenants continue.
JWN is the busiest general aviation airport in the state, tallying more than 86,000 operations last year and serving as a reliever airport to Nashville International Airport (BNA), which was unscathed by the tornado.
“The devastation wrought by this storm throughout the city and beyond is dramatic and a deep tragedy for so many of our friends and neighbors,” said Nashville International Airport president and CEO Doug Kreulen, who offered his support for those impacted. “We will immediately begin rebuilding and will open for operations as soon as it is safe to do so. Like all of Nashville, we will work together to recover.”